Attachment for vehicles.



R. FIDLER 5: P. NAPIER. ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED38.20, 1914.

l, 1 06,445. Patented Au 11,1914.

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R. FIDLBR & P. NAPIER. ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED nirmo.1914.

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Toallwho m'it ma'yeoncemw -J t i a y Be it known" that we, ROBERTTF'IDLER and PE ER N armeycitizg'enst of ;-the.United State's, 1"and-residents of the 'eityof Chic'ago'; county l, ofGook, and iSta-teof Illinois',"have invented.

certain-new and'useful Attachment.- for 5 -Vehicle's,' of whieh thefollowinggis a specifi 011r nventionfrela-tes to attachments fore'veh-ieles l and 7 more particularly -o attaohlaments for mto1'.'dri'ven' vehicles. l

Theinvention consists-in the combinations E and arrangements of- Theventionwill be reference to "the a Ompanying drawings a part 'of' thisspecification, and in I :7 A Figure 1 isfajside elevation of an automo-30 tachm nt embodyi g ou invention, Fig; 22 isan -enlarged f agment- 1-section through forming fender:

Other ohjeots appear hereinafter.

best understood by bile truck equipped with a fender ahd at- 1 thefender and foremost part of the automobi1e;-Fi'g;f3 is a View similar toFig.2 except 1 as "with" the 'feiider sh own in lowered eoildition,Fig.4 is an enlarged front V ew of a portion of the fender andconnecting parts, a 'Fig; 5 is an'enlargedsection takenon line ""55ifiFi'g/LFigJG is an enlarged seotlon taken on line 6 6m Fig} 4', andFigfir is rim enlarged fragmentah view showing the uppet r sfh ne g t e,i hd r "in t e d i cond tion.

The preferred i' 'formfofl'constriietion as illustrated, inthe'aeeompanying drawings j "design" and equipped with a brake of"! anyordinary or preferred design haying abrake' vrod 9 conneoted'therewith,The brake rod, "9 is ,eonneted by m'eans of an lO wit-h the brake leiver1 11 inithe'ordinary manner.

j T hese parts are not altered a gna mer upon applying our in'proyem'ent an auto- '--m0bi-le. 1

I parts" hereinafter ide- 'se 'ibed ande'lainied; 25

; condition.

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' w iGonnected' With'the front aide -12 of the "automobile. aresupporting mem'bers 13; one at i each side of the" automobile, connectedfsubstantially'asindicatedin Figs; 2 and 3.

A brace member 14' is secured to the sup port 13 and a convenientportion of the fiam'e tdmaintainf-the support 13 in rigid Condition: Atthe forward "end of support is earned a frame 15, made of pi e or anyother" suitable substance; The conned- -t1on betWe'enthe-fram'e 1'5 andsupports l3 is'a hingeeonnection permitting of forward and"rearwardfswinging of the frame 15.

Near the upper portion of frame 15 arecar- 'ri'ed rearwardly projectingarms 16 slidably mounted in brackets 17. "Springs 18 are providedon'thearms 16 and adapted to maintain the frame 15 'a t;" its forwardterminal of swinging movement. f The frame 1 1 5-ise0vered by wirefabric 19 or any suitable substance, and" provides the usual-bumper-"for. anautomobile.

A fender- 20i's formed of a frame 21 and a Wirfahric 22, or itsequivalent, and pir- "oted along'itsrear side to the lower portion ofthe frame 15, the lower horizontal por tion of said frameiprovidingthesupport for said fender 20. At one side of "the frame '21 is provided anarm 23 rigidly secured thereto and adapted to engage under acorrespondingportion of frame 15-to' maintain "the feed er insubstantially "horizontal The hinges connecting r ader 20, with thelower bar part of frame 15,:each comprise two-links 24'seoured rigidlyto the 'frame 015; twojdinks 2-5 pivotally' connected to "the 'forward"vends of links 21 and two links 26 'pivotally' connected to ,the fom waid ends of links and also ipivotally' Connected with the 1 frame 21ofsaid fender, llheipintles of the, piv otalconnectionsfbetweenthe linksof said hingeis proyide rqd's around which springs 27 and 28 IS 'iPPQ tQ-I The ends bf spr ng 2 n-' Eg -Q6 h U e ide- 10 rai 'e I2 a d i up erside of thepintles between linkes- 25 and 24:"an'd the ends of springengage the und'er sides of the frame 15 and the under sidelof thepintle'between links 25 "and 26, the arrangement being-such that thesprings normally maintain-links 24C, '25 and 26 in folded,or overlappedcondition, such as indie-ated in Eigsfl and 2. This form of springpermits of I both longitudinal and frame adjacent the hinges betweensaid frame and fender are levers 29. The forward ends of levers 29 areslotted, as at 30,

' said slots engaging the frame 21' and .are

adapted to swing said levers upon movement either downwardly orrearwardly of said fender. -The upper and rearward ends of said leversare each connected to the lever 10 by means of a connecting rod 31, toindependently operate said last'mentioned leveer upon an obstaclecontacting with either side of said fender.

Adjacent each lever 29 and rigidly fixed on'the lower bar of frame 15 isa ratchet member 32 and on each lever 29 is pivoted a pawl 33cotiperating with said ratchets 32, the arrangement being such that upondownwardor rearward movement of said fender, the pawl 33 will engage theteeth of ratchet members 32, preventing the return of said levers andfender to their normal positions. This arrangement prevents theloosening of the brakes 0f the automobile until after the obstacle hasbeen removed from its contact with said fender. J ournaled on the rearside of the frame 15 is a rod 34. Carried on said rod 34 are arms 35 andthe latter are connected by means of connecting rods 36 with the pawls33. A hand operable lever 37 is also fixed on the shaft'34 so that afterthe obstacle has been removed from the fen- -der 20, the operator of theautomobile may ratchet members 32 to ermit springs 27 and 28 to returnthe fen er and levers '29" to their normal positions. The arm23 engages.

the under side of .frame 15, as already explained, and facilitates. thereturning of fender 20 to its normal condition, as will be readilyunderstood. 1

When it is not desired to use the fender, the same may be foldedtotupright position such as indicatedby the dotted 111165 20- in Fig. 1.In the upper side offrame 15 is provided a catch 39 adapted: toautomatically engage the front edge of the fender to lock the same insaid dotted line posi-' tion. A cord, or its equivalent, 40 is, connected' withthe catch 39 and extended to a suitable position withrespect tothe driver of the automobile so that the fender may be droppedby gravity upon manually unlocking the catch 39 from its engagementwithv said fender.

departing from the spirit of the invention, We, therefore, do not wishto be. limited. to

the precise details of-construction'set forth, but desire to availourselves of such variations and modifications as come within the scopeof the appended claims.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a vehicle having a brake, of a support carriedby said vehicle; an obstacle engaging member pivoted to said support; alever pivoted on said,support and having one end connected with saidobstacle engaging member; an operative connection between said brake andthe other end of said lever; a ratchet rigidly secured on said support;and a pawl carried by said lever and adapted to coiiperate with saidratchet, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a vehicle having a brake, of'a support carriedby said vehicle; an obstacle engaging member pivoted to said support; alever pivoted on said support and having .one end connected with saidobstacle engaging member; an o erative connection between saidb'rake anthe other end of said lever; a ratchet rigidly secured on said support;a, pawl carried by 3.- The combination with a vehicle having 9 a brake,of a support carried by said vehicle; an obstacle engaging memberpivoted on said support and adapted to yield downwardly; a lever pivotedon said support and having one end bifurcated and engaging said obstaclemember; an operative connection between the other end of said lever andsaid brake; a, ratchet rigidly secured on said support; and a springpressed pawl carried by said lever, coii'perating with saidlratchet' andadapted to lock said brake in operative condition upon depression of.said obstacle engaging member, substantially as "described. I

v 4. Thecombination with a vehicle having abrake, of a support carriedby said vehicle; an obstacle engaging member pivoted on said support andadapted to yield downwardly; a lever pivoted on saidsupport. and

having one end bifurcated and engaging' tion between the other end ofsaid lever and said brake; a ratchet rigidly secured on said support; aspring pressed pawl carried by said lever, coiiperating with saidratchet and adapted to lock said brake in operative consaid obstaclemember; an operative connecdition upon depression of said-obstacleengaging member; a manually operable lever; and a connecting linkconnecting said lever with said pawl and adapted to releasethe latterfrom said ratchet. to release thebraike;

substantially as described.

5. The combination with a vehiclehaving a brake, of an obstacle engagingmember operatively connected with said brake; and binge memberssupportingv said obstacle env gaging member, each of said hinge memberscomprising a rigidly secured portion, a portlon'plvoted toSZL'LOlobstacle engaging member, a portion pivotedto both of sai'clbtherportions,.and springs normally holding said firsta-nd second mentionedportions in overlapped relation, substantially as described.

, The'coi'nbination With' a vehicle having a brake, of a: supportcarried by said ve-- hic1e;. an; obstacle engaging member; a

spring hinge connecting said support and 15 Said obstacle engagingmember and permit ting "downward 'moveinentof the latter; a leverpivoted on said support and having oneend bifurcated and engaging saidobsaid ratchet and'adapted to lock said brake in operative conditionupon depressionof said obstacle engaging member, substan tially asdescribed. 7

. In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ROBERT FIDLER. PETER NAPIER.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs, HELENI F. LILLIS.

